Friday, 17 February 2017

My Rewards from Learning Investment

I
mentioned back then, that my stock investment did not increase my material
wealth significantly since I started in 2010. Even if it did, it was a humble one,
unlike the extravagant rewards you often hear on the advertised courses.This is considering the fact that I did spend
a considerably huge amount of time and effort into mastering the art of stock
investment. Furthermore I do have an advantage, being exposed in “real life” to
many of the businesses I invested and also having the so-called “insider” news.
Despite the effort and the edge, the rewards were nothing to shout about. I
admit I am not the guru, but then, how many of the mainstream are really guru?

Never mind
the not so lucrative material benefits, the intangible benefits are
invaluable.Back then, I gain knowledge
over various types of businesses. I have a better overall picture of the World and
S’pore economies from digging into the history of the world. I also learnt that
the mainstream is usually wrong. My temperament improved and patience develops.
Most important of all, I learn to be a better person from reading and learning
from the biographies of many famous or infamous people.

Due to a
series of revelations in my life lately, it also triggers my fervor to share
more thoughts in this article as follows.

Knowing the truth about life

I still
did not grow very rich materially from investment. Even if I did, it is no
longer so important as these are just temporal in life. You cannot take the
wealth of this earth when you depart from the world.

Over the
years, I had personally known many people who were very successful in their
careers. It includes those who are very wealthy. However if we sometimes dig
deeper into their lives, many are struggling with health and relationship
issues that money cannot settles.

Some
testimonies

It came to
a shock to me that recently a wealthy friend and client of mine had passed away.
He was only in his early sixties. He was always cautious about nutrition of
food, exercised regularly.He had his
own business, which is also pretty stable that he did not need to work extremely
long hours. Nonetheless, he was still ambitious wanting to grow his business
and wealth for his next generation. Life can end so abruptly.

In another
testimony, another friend of mine in his late thirties, who has a credible job
and happy family collapsed one year ago. The next moment he was bedridden with
brain stroke. Today, he is still on wheelchair, with an uncertain future.

Then I
also knew that there are those who indulged all their life in growing material wealth,
whether in career or business or in investments, but their relationships with
loved ones or people around them are never something to be proud of.

A prison
called “self”

The many
human issues that we faced today are often a consequence of our “ignorance”
despite the worldly wisdom. For instance, I suspect that most of us ever know
that we are trapped in a prison called “self”. The contemporary society taught
that in order to be successful (at least sub-consciously), we ought to have
“self-will; high self-esteem, self-reliance; self-sufficient” etc, which
eventually led to self-centeredness and over skepticism in people relationships!

Do not get
me wrong, I am not saying that we should not be responsible for ourselves, but
asked ourselves, where is the emphasis on the intangibles. For example, the
need of a righteous life which invariably relates to more love, care and
concern, patience, kindness, generosity, loyalty, humbleness, self-control and
ultimately resulting in peace and joy in life.

I am
grateful to learn that one of the greatest benefits as a result of my humbled
investing journey is the ability to know what is truly prosperous and good
success in life. It is to be righteous and loving with good health, good
relationships “vertically and horizontally” and no lacking in material life. Being
no lacking in life is not solely because you are made very rich with material
wealth. Instead, it entails the fact that you learnt to lead a simple and
frugal life, so that you can live an enriching life even without the need of many
material things.

Seeing the root of the problem

Investment
widens my perspectives. I see a bigger overall picture of the world, both
economically and politically. In addition, the in-depth study of history helps
in the factual aspects of life.

Because of
learning investments, it strengthens my ability to identify the root cause of a
problematic situation more easily than before. Finding the root cause of
problems in life is so critical before we apply the “right medicine” to solve
the problems. For example, a bad tree that bears bad fruits, you can chop off
as many bad branches you want, but it will not solve the problem. Ultimately it
is the main branch that is bad. Hence, finding the root cause of every problem
is so important.

I also use
to have a quite a childish thinking. I reckon that if one is rich and
successful, he or she will be genuinely wiser in life and will be able to see
the root of a problem easily.

It is not
true.

In fact,
many so-called rich and successful ones in the eyes of this world are often
veiled to the truth of life, which eventually end up so “poor”. They are unable
to discern between the righteous and sinful. They are unable to see the root of
the problems in this life.

I will
list two most common barriers in preventing us from seeing and seeking the
truth in life:

-The material allures of this world

-Self-centeredness, which I mentioned earlier which is
also pride and ego.

It is with
the knowledge of the big picture, and the love of finding the root cause, that it
helps to shape my character to one that is always loving to find out the truth
in life and not just one that is only seeking to hearing what I love to hear.
In other words, the flattery words that boost pride and ego, should be
renounced from your heart!

Why is the majority always wrong?

Another
thing I learnt is the fact that the mainstream is normally almost always
incorrect over the long term. It is almost always the case as history always says
so. Perhaps it can be due to the fact that mainstream always look at the short
term and benefit, without the ingredients of wisdom, knowledge, ability to
discern, patience, faithfulness, endurance and self-control.

Pay
attention to long-term debt cycle

One
example is said from Ray Dalio. He mentioned that majority of the investors are
so concerned about the business cycles that they are not paying attention to
the long-term debt cycle, which is nearing the end. This is because of the long
period of near-zero interest rate environment that if any financial catastrophe
events are to happen, the lawmakers will be without the ability to lower the
interest rate, to boost the economy. Then how are we going to deal with the
situation effectively? Print more again?

Hence, I
learn not to conform to the world and to the majority. On the contrary, I learn
to always go deeper into the root to find out the truth from the very beginning
of time. This really helps me to anticipate what is going to happen and also
help in shaping my action now in preparation for the future.

With this
wisdom of non-conformity to this world and the majority, I was rescued from
massive stock losses. With more prudency, I also delivered myself out from the
fear or mental stresses that many of my friends are facing now because of the depressed
economic situations affecting their jobs.

Shaping the character

Then comes
the most important benefit - To be a better person.

Sometimes
one thing happened because it paves the way for another more important thing to
happen. For those who read the bible, will know that John the Baptist paves the
way for Jesus.

Similarly
to me, the intense learning of investment in the last four years is the key to
unlocking the greater truth in my life to and to be a better and righteous
person.

And the
only way to have the life that bear multiple-folds of fruits, is to have our
character constantly shaped by an invisible mighty force spiritually.

It is not
just the talk of the mouth, nor the “membership tag” or a “outwardly uniform”
you wear nor the place you goes to once a week, but the personal experience of
the almighty supernatural goodness that has a profound impact in your life,
that it totally transformed our mind and the way we live.

It is the continuously
shaping of the character that has to be from within and manifest outwardly to
be a blessing not just for oneself but also for others.

You may
find it hard to understand. However, I will like to that say that it is the
kind of experience that is based on supernatural abilities to perform healing, miracles
and the restoration of relationships for others. The experience is not just for
family, and myself but also for anyone who are in need of help.

Thankful

I am
thankful about my life now. I had a great family and many good friends. I still
have a good job despite the dire economic conditions in the O&G industry. I
am thankful that I am revealed to the truth of this world and this life, and
also revealed to the ultimate purpose of humans in this world. And most
important of all, I learnt also that it is the righteous human character from
the heart that counts, in which, good works will then follow and fruits in our
life will blossom.

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Great post with lots of food for thought for me. I guess being grateful for what we already have is an excellent way to replenish willpower towards reaching our next ambition.

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